Overview

• Authorities recovered skeletal remains on Sept. 18 in steep terrain south of Leavenworth near the south face of Grindstone Mountain and the Icicle Creek drainage.
• Drones photographed a green T‑shirt matching what Decker was last seen wearing, Border Patrol dogs alerted to a decomposing body, and searchers found shorts, chewing tobacco, and a bracelet consistent with his belongings.
• Investigators reported finding ribs, feet, a femur, and other bones at the scene, with DNA analysis pending to make a positive identification.
• Dive teams searching Icicle Creek located a key fob consistent with the one for Decker’s truck shortly before the remains were discovered.
• Decker had been charged with three counts of first‑degree murder and kidnapping in the suffocation deaths of his daughters, with prior forensic tests tying his DNA to plastic bags, cable ties, and bloody handprints on his vehicle.